[postgis-users] line_interpolate_point does not return a point that intersects the line

Francis Markham fmarkham at gmail.com
Mon May 3 01:29:33 PDT 2010


D'oh.  Totally forgot about DWithin!

Problem, solved.  Thanks very much!

-Francis

On 3 May 2010 18:24, strk <strk at keybit.net> wrote:

> On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 06:15:14PM +1000, Francis Markham wrote:
> > Mmm, so it is a floating point issue - the distance is
> 9.57711783686133e-12
> > meters.  Is there anyway to specify a tolerance for ST_Intersects and
> > similar predicates?
>
> You may use DWithin() for a tolerance-based intersection approach.
> No built-in tolerance for others.
>
> --strk;
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